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• [Tribes fact 1] In 1911, a lone man named Ishi emerged from the wilderness in California, the last member of his tribe and also "the last wild Indian". With the help of university professors, he was able to preserve parts of his language and culture.

  Language, Tribessource

• [Tribes fact 2] Children belonging to the Moken tribe of Thailand have perfect vision underwater. They do is by constricting their pupils and changing their lens shape, just like dolphins and seals. They use this ability to hunt for fish, clam, and shells to eat.

  Countries, Food, Humanbody, Tribessource

• [Tribes fact 3] In their "coming of age" ritual, aboriginals in Australia cut a “birth control” hole in the base of the boy's penis and insert into it a splinter to keep it from closing. Urine and semen come out of the hole unless this sub-incision is plugged with a finger.

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• [Tribes fact 4] Juana Maria was a native Californian woman whose tribe was massacred by fur hunters. The survivors, minus Maria, were taken off the island by missionaries. She remained there alone for 20 years before being taken to the mainland, where she died within 7 weeks from dysentery.

  People, Tribessource

• [Tribes fact 5] The Vandals was a large East Germanic tribe originating from Poland and who, fleeing from the Huns, gradually migrated to Roman territories during the 5th century. They conquered Spain and most of Northern Africa and eventually sacked and looted Rome. The word "vandalism" is named after them.

  Places, Tribessource

• [Tribes fact 6] "Sherpa" is an ethnic group and not a job title for those assisting people with climbing mountains.

  Places, Tribessource

• [Tribes fact 7] Hard Rock Cafe is entirely owned by the native American Seminole Tribe of Florida.

  Places, Tribessource

• [Tribes fact 8] It has been found that human evolution solved the same problems in different ways throughout history in different tribes. Native Early peoples adapted to high altitudes differently: In the Andes, their hearts got stronger and in Tibet, their blood carries oxygen more efficiently.

  Humanbody, Science, Tribessource

• [Tribes fact 9] Researchers have found that Inuit from northern Quebec are genetically distinct from any present-day population in the world. They compared the genetic profile of 170 Nunavik Inuit with “everyone possible” from Asians, Africans, and Europeans to North and South Americans.

  Humanbody, Tribessource

• [Tribes fact 10] British colonizers infected Tasmanian Aboriginal women with venereal diseases that left a significant percentage of the population unable to reproduce. This was one of several factors leading to the complete eradication of the Tasmanian Aboriginal people.

  Countries, Tribessource

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